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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
8
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Work on college work is progressing with many preparing for commencement and final examinations. Dr Green, a high school inspector, visited the college and gave a chapel lecture. Rev Saville from Marvin College Fredericktown attended chapel. A debate in Mediaeval and Modern history debated whether education has more to do with producing a great man than innate tendencies with the affirmative winning the judges decision.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Fowler hosted JW Fowler and family on Sunday. Several local residents including the Fowlers and Oscar Fowler visited friends in the area. Union church reports regular sermons by Rev W H Cunningham with visits to Bessville every two weeks. Barn updates include Charley Hale of Glen Allen buying Dines Bess farm, Avery Bess and wife visiting relatives, and heavy hail altering fieldwork. Sunday school holds every Sunday at 10 am with Rev A Bowers and Rev John Sanders preaching on coming Sundays.
Health is reasonably good amid rain. Farmers lag planting corn. H M Myers sold a fine mare to Fred Francis for 150 dollars. Walter Gray traveled to Zalina on a business trip. Ed Pittman married Miss Alice Deck at the bride’s parents home on Sunday April 14. Roscoe Rockwell, employed at Bernie, visited Uncle J C Cobbel last Sunday night. A number of our people have been...
The Palmore church held a protracted meeting with reports of success. A. E Myers and spouse visited A. P McKelvey on Sunday. W. W. Patterson is hired to teach the next term. Spring weather arrives as farmers sow, while fire disasters strike local properties including Charley Rose and B. S. Snider losses. Rev SG Virgin preached recently. details scarce on a hunt scrap.
Pinkney Sehrum born April 21 1846 near Glen Allen died April 3 1912 at his Litesville home aged 66 years 18 days He joined the ME Church South in 1867 and married Eliza Bowmen then Sarah Moxley Four children from the second union survive Funeral held at Glen Allen Methodist church with burial in the local cemetery by the Odd Fellows He was a member in good standing of the order.
Uncle Wesley Baker and John Burford visited Lutesville this week while Omer Lutes' family spent time in St Louis. Rev Willett preached at the M E Church South to a large audience. The Marvin College quartet will sing at Odd Fellows hall next Saturday night. Local store leadership changed as Day & Arthur took charge of the consolidated store.
A parade of community updates covers new businesses in Marble Hill and Latesville, railroad consolidations under C H Thomason, staff changes at Delta, and home repairs. Obituaries and estate notices appear. cholera-era graves near Langdon and canning plant tale in Puxico are noted, along with local geography and farming yields.
James V Conran of New Madrid Missouri a noted Southeast Missouri Democratic leader was accidentally shot and killed at noon while hunting on his father in law James M Robins farm near Point Pleasant The lawyer banker and trader frequently traveled to St Louis for politics and business He had accompanied his father in law to the farm and was not fond of hunting when the fatal shot occurred delivering a stomach wound that proved instantly fatal
The writer recalls arriving on the 15th of last November and beginning life in a tent near a local mill. The fragment hints at hardship and a rough start in a rural region, with references to the temporary shelter and industrial setting shaping their early days.
From The Cleveland Plain Dealer: a brave Fatty dives toward a black hole in icy waters to reach two boys, one crying to stop. He drags the smaller boy free while others gape. He admits his courage came from affection for Tommy's sister and earns praise.
Multiple estate notices and orders of publication from the Hollinger county Missouri probate court. Actions include administrator appointments David Stepp John Nenninger and Geo TL filings, with sales and collections planned for Marble Hill and wording urging creditors to file claims before deadlines in May 1912. Names include Thomas J Ladd and Simon S Roberson estates, with real estate sale orders and four week publication requirement in Tet Mannie HuPaes.
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